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A. B. TUTTON.

y IRRIGATING ATTAGHMENT FOR BOTTLES.

No. 330,755. Patented Nay. 17, 1885.

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Air-enr IRRIGATING ATTACHMENT FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,755, dated November17, 1885. Application filed August 11, 1885. Serial No. 174,154. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ANAXIMANDER B. TUT- ToN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha, DakotaTerritory, have invented a new and. useful Improvement in IrrigatingAttachments to Prescription-Bottles, of which the following is adescription.

Figure l is a view of the device when iuverted for use, and Fig. 2 is aView of the device when not in use.

My invention relates to an improvementin irrigating attachments toprescription or other bottles for applying medicinal solutions or otherliquids directly to mucous-canals of the human or animal body, and whichalso acts to close the bottle as a cork.

The object of my invention is to furnish a device which may be attachedto ordinary bottles-or vials of any size, and, when so attached to abottle or vial containing iuid for injection, to furnish an irrigatorfor the purpose above named, and also a stopper to the bottle. Thisdevice, when not in use, is sheathed within the attached bottle or vial,and is thus protected from an accumulation of dirt or foreign matter, isprotected from breakage, and furnishes the most compact form forcarrying or packing, as the whole apparatus, including the bottle orVial, occupies only the space occupied by the bottle or vial.

In the drawings, A represents a thin elastic soft-rubber socket or cap,which is adapted to be distended over the neck of any Vial or bottle.Through the top of this cap there pass two rubber tubes, B and C, ofwhich B is the longer, and from one to three feet in length, while O isabout the length of the vial. B is the tube through which the liquidpasses out, and C is the tube that admits air. B has a nipple, a', onits inner end, and a nozzle, a, with .cap a2 at its outer end, and O hasits inner end open, but has a stopper, b, at its outer end. Both thesetubes t through the soft-rubber cap, so as to be drawn out or forcedback into the bottle without leakage.

To operate the device, the plug or stopper b is removed from tube C, andthe cap or stopper a2 is removed from tube B, and the latter is pulledout of the bottle to its full length. Then lay the bottle on its sideuntil tube B is emptied of air and iilled with liquid from the bottle.Then insert the nozzle of tube B into mucouscanal to be operated upon,and hold it in position with one hand, and with the other hand invertthe bottle and raise it to the length of tube B, or to any height withinthat length, as may be necessary or desirable, whereupon the weight ofthe column of fluid in the bottle and in tube B will forcibly inject thefluid into the mucous-canal, the tube C operating to allow the entranceof air into the bottle, thus releasing the uid.

After use the tube B is sheathed back into the bottle through itsopening in the bottlecap. The cap a2 is fitted over the nozzle a of tubeB, and cap a2 being button-shaped, it is buttoned into and closes thehole in the bottle-cap. Plug b is then tted into the external opening oftube C, and the bottle is closed. This obviates the use of a cork tothebottle and does away with a separate instrument for syringe.

The use of an ordinary syringe for injecting fluids contained in aprescription-vial is attended with much loss of the fluid and with muchinconvenience, for as the ordinary syringe cannot be inserted beyond itspoint into a prescription-vial, then, in order to get at the contents,the iiuid must be decanted into a more open vessel, and from there takenup by the syringe; or, if the more open vessel is dispensed with, thenthe operator must tip the vial to bring the iluid into contact with thesyringe-point, and this latter cannot succeed when the contents of thebottle become lowered below the last half of the capacity of the bottle.With my device the last drop can be drained from the bottle7 and theloss of the fluid is reduced to the minimum.

Another advantage is that medicinal solutions intended to be used forinjections are often nauseous, unwholesome, and poisonous ifinadvertently taken into the stomach. This inadvertance is prevented bythepresence of my attachment on a bottle or vial.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Anirrigating attachment for prescrip- IOO tion-bottles, consisting of asoft-rubber cap, A, adapted to be distended over the neck of the bottle,the long tube B, having a nozzle at its outer end with aninc-losing-calp, and the short tube C, having a stopper in its end, bothof said tubes being arranged in the cap A, and adapted to be forced intothe bottle or pulled out from the same, as described.

2. An irrigating attachment for prescrip- 10 tion-bottles, consisting ofa stopper folI the bottle and a long and short tube, B and C,

passing through the same, the short tube being provided with aclosing-plug and the long tube with a nozzle and an inclosing-cap, asand for the purpose described.

ANAXIM ANDER B. TUTTON.

Witnesses:

BERsoNN L. HAVDAHL, M. BLUM.

